Cuff-protector.



N. GERRI.

GUFI PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED 1113.28, 1910.

1,01 3,126. Patented .13112, 1912.

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NICOLA CERRI, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CTIEF-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 2,1912.

Application led March 28, 1910. Serial No. 551,832.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NICOLA CERRI, a subject of the King of Italy,resident of Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Cuff-Protectors, of which thefollowing is a specification, the principle of the invention beingherein explained and the best mode in which I have contemplated applyingthat principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

My invention relates to means for protecting the cuffs of shirts,shirtwaists and the like, its object being to provide a structure whichwill be economical of manufacture, readily attached and detached, andwhich will protect the cuff against wear and also against soiling.

The said invention furthermore consists in certain modifications andimprovements of the device described and claimed in my i Patent No.955,631, issued April 19, 1910.

My present invention consists of means hereinafter fully described andparticularly set forth in the claim.

In the annexed drawing, the figure is a perspective view of a cuffprotector embodying my invention.

The protector A, embodying my present invention, comprises an outsideHap a and inside flap a, which are connected at their outer ends to formone integral structure, the two flaps being substantially parallel toeach other and being adapted to be slipped over the front end of thecuE, in the usual manner, and as will be readily understood.

Referring to the form illustrated in the figure, the one end portion ofthe protector is provided with an incision a2 which intersects thecircumferential inner edge as of the outer flap, such incision being inthe form of a bayonet slot and adapted to engage the link of the cuffbutton. In the drawing, this slot is shown as being formed in theoutside flap, which is the preferable form, but, as will be understood,it may be formed upon the inside flap instead, if desired. The other endof the protector is provided with a continuous and unbrokencircumferential inner edge, as shown, either on the inside flap or theoutside flap, so that such end may engage the cuE loosely and movefreely in the circumferential direction of the protector. The other endof the protector is intersected by an incision or slot a5, extending inthe circumferential direction, of the protector, which is preferablyenlarged at its inner end. As shown in the drawing, the outer flap is soprovided, but, as will be readily understood, the incision may beapplied to the inner flap. This slot is caused to engage the other sideof the link of the cuif button, and extending in the manner describedpermits the corresponding end of the protector to move in suchcircumferential direction, thereby permitting it to adjust itself tovarious sizes of cuifs. A greater range of application is thereforepermitted this style of protector than in previous conceptions of whichI am aware, including the structure shown and described in myabove-mentioned patent. The inner end of the bayonet slot a2 preventsthe unpremeditated removal of the corresponding end of the protector, aswill be readily understood. The other end of the protector, that is, theone provided with the slot a5, is also prevented from becomingdisconnected unpremeditatedly from the cuf in a direction transverse tothe circumferential direction of the protector, so that the one end issecured against unpremeditated removal in the one direction, and theother end in the other directiona wide range of application to dii'erentsizes of cuffs being at the same timev permitted.

In the application of my invention, that end of the protector providedwith the slot or incision a5 is preferably first secured to the link. Inremoving the protector, the link is pushed back in the slot a2, and theincision a2 is first removed from the cu. In practice, the slot a2 isthe one which would be used on the outside of the cuff, the reason forthis being that the entire outside of the cufl:l will be covered andpresent a neat appearance, while this would not be true if the slot a5were on the outside. In accordance with the above, the protector shownis the one intended for the left cu'.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

As a new article of manufacture, a cu' protector comprising connectedinside and outside flaps adapted to slip over the front end of a cuff,the one end portion only of the protector being provided with anincision intersecting its inner edge, and adapt- Signed by me, this 26thday of March, ed to ngage the ink portion of a cuff but- 1910. Y ton, te other en portion of the protector being provided With an incisioninterseot- NICOLA CERRI' ing the end edge of one of said flaps, saidAttested bylast-named incision also adapted to engage CURT B. MUELLER,

the link portion of a cuff button. WINIFRED WALTZ.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

